Protector for door-casings.



PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

No. 806,459.v

M. A. BROWN. PROTECTOR FOR DOOR OASINGS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB-.30, 1905.

PATENT canton.

MARION A. BROWN, OF DES MOINES, IO\VA.

PROTECTOR FOR DOOR-CASINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 5, lees.

Application filed March 30,1905. $erial No. 252,981.

T0 [t7] w ll/077i, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moiues, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Protector for Door-Casings, of whichthe following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to-provide a protector fordoor-ca singsof comparatively simple,durable, and inexpensive construction, which isadapted for use in hotels, where trunks are constantly moved through thedooropenings, and thus obviate entirely the jamming of the door-casingsby these trunks, which are handled by careless employees.

A further object is to provide a device of this class which will standof its own accord in position against the casing of the door and willremain standing until the user removes it.

A further object is to providca fiexibledevice which is adapted for useon casings of various sizes and thicknesses and which is thusconstructed not only to protect the doorcasings, but also the rear edgeof the door.

A further object is to provide a device of this class which can be usedby transfer com panies in moving household furniture.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction,arrangement, and combina tion of the various parts of the device wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accom panyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 shows in perspective a part of the devicein position for protecting the door-casings. Fig. 2 is a detail view ofthe device with a portion thereof cut away to show the way ofconstructing the device, and Fig. 3 is a detail cross-sectional view ofa portion of the device.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used thereference-numerals 10 and 11 to indicate the front and back portions ofthe protector, the front portion of the protector being that which isaway from the door-casing when in use'and the rear portion being thatwhich is adjacent to the door-casing when in use. Sewed to the innersurface of the front portion is a cloth 12, which is stitched to saidfront portion at a certain number of intervals, so that these rows ofstitches are equidistant from each other. This covering is thus securedby the rows of stitches to provide a number of pockets 13, which extendfrom the lower edge of the front portion 10 to the upper edge thereof.In each of these pockets and extending from the upper to the lowerportion of them is a reinforcing stay or support 1 1, which is designedto maintain the protector in an upright position when placed against thecasing of the door. The back portion 11 is secured by rows of stitches,which run longitudinally of the device and between the stays 1 1 to thefront portion '10 in such a way that there is a pocket 15 be tween theinner portion of the covering 12 and theinner portion of the outsideportion 11, into which a padding 16 may be inserted, so as to make theinner portion of the protector soft, and thus obviate any danger of itsscratching the door-casing against which it may be placed.

The outer and inner portions 10 and 11 are of some flexible materialwhich will not mar varnished or polished wood when the protector isplaced against it, and yet it is of suflicient strength and durabilityto stand the jamming of trunks against it without tearing or becomingmutilated. The device is made flexible, so that it can be packed into asmall amount of space, so that it can be adapted to doors of varioussizes, and so that it will extend around the portion of the door-casingwhich is exposed to injury by trunks passing through this doorway.

Secured to the upper portion and adjacent to the upper edges of thedevice I have secured the flexible handles 17 and 18, by which thedevice can be carried from one place to another and also by which it maybe hung up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. In a protector for door-casings, an outer portion, an inner portionsecured thereto, and stays in the protector for supporting-it inposition relative to a door-casing.

2-. In a protector for door-casings, an outer portion and an innerportion, and stays for supporting the protector in position relative toa door-casing.

3. In a protector for door-casings, an outer portion and an innerportion, stays for supporting the protector in position relative to adoor-casing, and handles secured to the protector.

4t. A padded protector for door-casings, comprising a front portion, arear portion, and stays secured to the front portion for supto adoor-casing, and handles secured to the protector.

7. A protector for door-casings, a flexible front portion, a flexiblerear portion secured 5 thereto, stays secured to the front portion, anda padding between the front and rear portions.

MARION A. BROXVN. Witnesses:

V. R. LANE,

S. F. GHRIsTY.

